LGBT culture in Vancouver
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Vancouver's (British Columbia, Canada) LGBT community is centered on Davie Village. Historically, LGBT people have also gathered in the Chinatown and Gastown neighborhoods. Former establishments include Dino's Turkish Baths, a gay bathhouse on Hastings, and the city's first drag bar, BJ's, on Pender Street.[1]
Community centres[]
Qmunity, founded in 1979 as the Vancouver Gay Community Centre and formerly known as The Centre, is located on Bute Street in Davie Village.[2]
Events[]
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LGBT events in Vancouver include:
- Pride Week 1973
- Queer Arts Festival
- Vancouver Pride Festival, annual LGBTQ+ pride event
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
The annual Gay Men's Health Summit is hosted by Vancouver's Community-Based Research Centre for Gay Men's Health (CBRC).[3]
Media[]
Xtra Vancouver was a gay bi-weekly newspaper, published by Pink Triangle Press between 1993 and 2015.
Nightclubs[]
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LGBT nightclubs in Vancouver include Celebrities Nightclub, The Junction, and Numbers and Pumpjack Pub.
Organizations[]
LGBT organizations based in Vancouver include:
- B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives
- Dancing to Eagle Spirit Society[4]
- Gay Alliance Toward Equality
- Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society (GVNCS Two-Spirit Society)[4]
- Kiss and Tell collective
- Our City of Colours[4]
- Pinoy Pride Vancouver[4]
- Q Hall of Fame Canada
- Rainbow Refugee[4][5]
- Salaam Vancouver[4]
- Sher Vancouver[4]
- Trikone Vancouver [4]
- Vancouver Gay Liberation Front[6]
- Vancouver Pride Society[6]
- Yad b’Yad LGBTQ[4]
References[]
- ^ "Gay footsteps through time". Daily Xtra. 2006-08-01. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "B.C. LGBT resource centre Qmunity finally ends decades-long search for new Vancouver location". Straight.com. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "Gay Men's Health Summit 2017 to explore HIV prevention beyond just sex". Straight.com. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Takeuchi, Craig (July 28, 2016). "From South Asian to Jewish Canadians: Metro Vancouver's LGBT cultural organizations and groups". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "Vancouver, Toronto LGBT organizations launch emergency response to Chechnya gay prison camps". Straight.com. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b "Longtime Vancouver LGBT activists speak up for police presence at Pride parade". CBC News. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
External links[]
- "LGBTQ community". City of Vancouver.
- Peeples, Jase (May 15, 2014). "A Definitive Gay Guide to Vancouver, B.C." Out Traveler.
- Ferber, Lawrence (July 3, 2015). "An LGBT Guide to Vancouver, Canada's Most Gay-Friendly City". Condé Nast Traveler.
- LGBT culture in Vancouver